Weather Records on 29 May 1923

103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 May 1923. Highest significance: Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU.

Key Facts for 29 May 1923

On 29 May 1923, 103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 103 daily.
Port Lincoln (Woolga) set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 29 May 1923.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

103 stations

103 station records on 29 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Angel	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

103 records

Records set or tied on 29 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 66.

Records on 29 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 29 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 103.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

89 broken records

Margins by which the 89 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 37.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 May 1923

Top 20 records on 29 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 May 1923	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1923	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 May 1923	Morganton, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Fountain Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Athens, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Lenoir, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Stockport, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Nelson, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Mt Angel, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Roseworthy Agric College, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Birdwood, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1923	Asheville, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1923. 1923 had 103 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-29 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1817	1
1818	1
1832	1
1834	1
1836	2
1844	1
1847	2
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1860	2
1862	1
1864	2
1865	3
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	2
1875	1
1876	1
1881	2
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	5
1893	5
1894	4
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	6
1900	2
1901	13
1902	14
1903	5
1904	3
1905	7
1906	23
1907	16
1908	26
1909	6
1910	14
1911	26
1912	32
1913	24
1914	40
1915	17
1916	27
1917	43
1918	38
1919	92
1920	33
1921	170
1922	62
1923	103
1924	137
1925	84
1926	155
1927	290
1928	104
1929	331
1930	252
1931	429
1932	228
1933	346
1934	753
1935	114
1936	420
1937	311
1938	316
1939	309
1940	156
1941	629
1942	531
1943	246
1944	258
1945	326
1946	281
1947	1,298
1948	420
1949	347
1950	359
1951	493
1952	413
1953	501
1954	269
1955	454
1956	512
1957	251
1958	455
1959	352
1960	259
1961	608
1962	894
1963	378
1964	537
1965	455
1966	357
1967	562
1968	579
1969	762
1970	410
1971	885
1972	609
1973	517
1974	623
1975	599
1976	975
1977	458
1978	707
1979	750
1980	920
1981	601
1982	1,170
1983	1,266
1984	1,871
1985	1,006
1986	840
1987	1,119
1988	1,132
1989	874
1990	1,135
1991	1,387
1992	1,551
1993	558
1994	658
1995	929
1996	1,177
1997	1,119
1998	1,228
1999	863
2000	1,354
2001	958
2002	594
2003	1,164
2004	835
2005	904
2006	1,438
2007	1,246
2008	784
2009	618
2010	995
2011	1,540
2012	962
2013	731
2014	605
2015	462
2016	511
2017	732
2018	1,386
2019	929
2020	937
2021	854
2022	698
2023	392
2024	618
2025	578
2026	788

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	58
5 to 10	14
10 to 15	8
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1